June plug-in sales in Italy were up 248% YoY

The Italian plug-in electric car market was up 248% year-on-year, having registered a record 595 units in June, with the YTD tally now at 2,266 units, up 56% YoY. In June, the restyled Volkswagen Golf GTE had its full sales month in Italy, scoring an impressive 59 registrations, its best result in over two years, ending ahead of the hot-selling Mini Countryman PHEV (52 units), and the evergreen Nissan Leaf , that with 51 registrations, was up three fold regarding the same month last year. Year-to-date, the Nissan Leaf is still comfortably ahead, with 288 registrations, followed by the BMW 225xe Active Tourer (237 units) and the Mercedes GLC350e (206). Looking at the manufacturers ranking, BMW is in the lead, with 36% share, followed by Nissan (19%), and Mercedes (16%). With Mini already with 7% share, the BMW Group is likely to have over 50% share in the plug-in electric v...